ASUS RT AC65U vs TPLINK Archer A6 v2

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ASUS RT-AC65U

TP-LINK Archer A6 v2.x

We compared the ASUS RT AC65U (AC1900) with MediaTek MT7621A 2-core processor and the TPLINK Archer A6 v2 (AC1200) with Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563 1-core processor. You will find out which router performs better in benchmark tests, wireless specifications, and other information.

Main Differences

ASUS RT AC65U Advantages

Higher CPU Performance (880MHz vs 750MHz)

Faster Wireless Speed (600Mbps vs 300Mbps)

Faster Wireless Speed (1300Mbps vs 867Mbps)

TPLINK Archer A6 v2 Advantages

Released later by 1 years11 months

Score

benchmark

DMIPS performance

ASUS RT AC65U +94%

2816

TPLINK Archer A6 v2

1448

ASUS RT AC65U

VS

TPLINK Archer A6 v2

General

Apr 2017

Release Date

Mar 2019

Wi-Fi 5

Wireless Protocol

Wi-Fi 5

AC1900

Series

AC1200

Yes

3rd Party ROM Support

Yes

CPU Performance

MediaTek MT7621A

Processor

Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563

MIPS 1004Kc

CPU Architecture

MIPS 74Kc

880 MHz x2

CPU Performance

750 MHz x1

128 MiB

Flash ROM

16 MiB

128 MiB

RAM

128 MiB

Radio Band 1

2.4 GHz

Frequency Band

2.4 GHz

MediaTek MT7615S

Wireless Chip

Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563

600 Mbps

Wireless Speed

300 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

2 spatial streams 2x2

Radio Band 2

5 GHz

Frequency Band

5 GHz

MediaTek MT7615B

Wireless Chip

Qualcomm Atheros QCA9886

1300 Mbps

Wireless Speed

867 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

2 spatial streams 2x2

Wireless Parameters

MU-MIMO

MIMO

MU-MIMO

0

QAM Modulation

-

LAN Parameters

MediaTek MT7621A

Switch Chip

Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337

1 GbE x4

LAN Port

1 GbE x4

1 GbE x1

WAN Port

1 GbE x1

Miscellaneous

ASUS RT AC65U

Official Website Link

TPLINK Archer A6 v2

12 VDC, 2 A

Power

12 VDC, 1 A

1

USB Ports

-

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